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Aureus - Carinus PRINCIPI IVVENTVT

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Carus (Marcus Aurelius Carus) (282-283)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 282-283
Value Aureus (25⁄2)
Currency Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition Gold
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
296327
References RIC V.2# 147d
Percy H. Webb, Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1933. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 5.2. Marcus Aurelius Probus – Maximian (AD 276–310). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
, OCRE# ric.5.car.147
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Carinus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: CARINVS NOBIL CAES

Unabridged legend: Carinus Nobilis Caesar.

Translation: Noble Caesar Carinus.

Reverse

Carinus, draped, cuirassed, standing left, holding spear between four ensigns.

Script: Latin

Lettering: PRINCIPI IVVENTVT

Unabridged legend: Principi Juventutis.

Translation: To the prince of the youth.

Mint

Lugdunum, Gaul, modern-day Lyons, France (15 BC–AD 78; 196–197; 274-413)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (282-283) 

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